Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia

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With overview essays and more than 400 A-Z entries, this exhaustive encyclopedia documents the history of Asians in America from earliest contact to the present day. Organized topically by group, with an in-depth overview essay on each group, the encyclopedia examines the myriad ethnic groups and histories that make up the Asian American population in the United States. "Asian American History and Culture" covers the political, social, and cultural history of immigrants from East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Pacific Islands, and their descendants, as well as the social and cultural issues faced by Asian American communities, families, and individuals in contemporary society. In addition to entries on various groups and cultures, the encyclopedia also includes articles on general topics such as parenting and child rearing, assimilation and acculturation, business, education, and literature. More than 100 images round out the set. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Topic Finder Contributors Preface The Asian American Experience: History, Culture, and Scholarship Adoption of Asian Children Affirmative Action Akaka, Daniel Alien Land Law Movement Amerasians and Multiracial Asian Americans Angel Island Immigration Station Anti-Asian Violence Antimiscegenation Laws Asian American Dance Theatre Asian American Journalists Association Asian American Movement Asian American Studies AsianWeek Assimilation and Acculturation Association for Asian American Studies Association for Asian Studies Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists Bilingual Education Cable Act (1922) Comedy and Humor, Asian American Demonstration Project for Asian Americans Film and Filmmakers, Asian American Gay and Lesbian Issues, Asian American Historiography and Historians, Asian American Immigration Act of 1924 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Interracial Marriage, Asian American Labor and Employment, Asian American Language, Asian American McCarran-Walter Act (1952) Model Minority Music and Musicians, Asian American National Asian American Telecommunications Association Parenting and Child Rearing, Asian American Politics, Asian Americans in Proposition 209 (1996) Religion, Asian American Remittances, Asian American Science and Scientists, Asian American Theater, Asian American Transnationalism, Asian American Undocumented Immigration, Asian American War Brides and War Brides Act (1945) Youth Gangs, Asian American The Bangladeshi American Experience: History and Culture The Burmese American Experience: History and Culture The Cambodian American Experience: History and Culture Anti-Cambodian Incidents Business and Entrepreneurship, Cambodian American Community Organizations, Cambodian American Deportation of Cambodians Education, Cambodian American Literature, Cambodian American Music and Dance, Cambodian American Political and Social Empowerment, Cambodian American Religion, Cambodian American Women, Cambodian American The Chinese American Experience: History and Culture Acculturation and the Chinese American Community Act to Repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts (1943) Anti-Chinese Riots Banks, Chinese American "Bachelor Society" Bemis, Polly Bowl of Rice Movement Burlingame Treaty (1868) Business and Enrrepreneurship, Chinese American Cameron House Chennault, Anna C. (Chen Xiangmei) Chiang, Madame Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling) Chin (Vincent) Incident China Books and Periodicals Incorporated China Lobby China War Relief Association Chinatowns Chinatown (New York City) Chinatown (San Francisco) Chinatown in Suburban America Chinatown on the Western Frontier Chinese American Citizens Alliance Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Chinese Hospital, San Francisco Chinese Language Schools Chinese School (San Francisco) Chu, Steven Commodore Stockton School Community Politics, Chinese American Confession Program Contract Labor, Chinese Crib Papers Daoist Temples in California Demographics, Chinese American Diaspora, Chinese Displaced Persons Act (1948) Education, Chinese American Eu, March Fong Family Associations, Chinese American Family Life, Chinese American Festivals, Chinese American Film, Chinese Americans in Flying Tigers Gambling Among Chinese Americans Garment Factories, Chinese Americans in Gold Rush and Mining Grocery Stores and Supermarkets, Chinese American Hwang, David Henry Interracial Dating and Marriage, Chinese American Kingston, Maxine Hong Kuomintang (Guomindang) in Chinatowns Kwan, Michelle Labor and Employment, Chinese American Laundries, Chinese Lee, Bruce Lee, Rose Hum Lee, Tsung-Dao (Li Zhengdao) Lin, Maya Ying Literature, Chinese American Locke, California Locke, Gary Ma, Yo-Yo Martial Arts (Kung Fu), Chinese Media and Visual Arts, Chinese American Miss Chinatown Nightclubs, Chinese Organization of Chinese Americans Page Act (1875) Paper Sons, Paper Daughters Pei, I.M. Political and Social Empowerment, Chinese American Portsmouth Square, San Francisco Press, Chinese American Queue Ordinance (1876) Railroads, Chinese Americans and Refugee Relief Act (1953) Religion, Chinese American Restaurants and Cuisine, Chinese American Sam Yap and Sze Yap San Francisco Earthquake (1906) Sargent, Frank P. Scott Act (1888) Settlement Patterns, Chinese American Students, Chinese American Tan, Amy Tien, Chang-lin Ting, Samuel C.C. Tongs Tsui, Daniel C. Wang, An Wang, Charles B. Wang, Vera Wang, Wayne Wing, Yung Women, Chinese American Wong, Jade Snow Woo, Shien Biau Wu, Chien-Shiung Yang, Chen Ning The Filipino American Experience: History and Culture Acculturation and the Filipino American Community Agbayani Village Agricultural Unions, Filipino Americans and Anti-Filipino Movement Aruego, Jose Associations, Filipino American Buaken, Manuel Bulosan, Carlos Business and Entrepreneurship, Filipino American Center for Philippine Studies Compadrinazgo Cordova, Fred Demographics, Filipino American Education, Filipino American Exchange Visitor Program Family Life, Filipino American Filipinos Magazine Filipino American National Historical Society Filipino Federation of America Filipino Federation of Labor Filipino Higher Wage Movement Filipino Infantry Regiments Filipino Naturalization Act (1946) Hagedorn, Jessica Iglesia ni Cristo Immigration, Filipino International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Filipino Americans and Interracial Dating and Marriage, Filipino Americans Itliong, Larry Labor and Employment, Filipino American Literature, Filipino American Little Manila Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904) Media and Visual Arts, Filipino American Navy, Filipinos in the U.S. Nurses, Filipino/a Political and Social Empowerment, Filipino American Religion, Filipino American Repatriation Act (1935) Restaurants and Cuisine, Filipino American Tagalog Taxi-Dance Halls Tydings-McDuffie Act (1934) Women, Filipina American The Indian American Experience: History and Culture Acculturation and the Indian American Community Anglo-Indians Association of Indians in America Bose, Sudhindra Business and Entrepreneurship, Indian American Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan Demographics, Indian American Education, Indian American Family Life, Indian American First Indo-American Bank Ghadar Movement Health and Medicine, Indian Americans in Homosexuality in the Indian American Community Hotel and Motel Business, Indian Americans in the Immigration, Indian American Khalsa Diwan Society Labor and Employment, Indian American Lahiri, Jhumpa Literature, Indian American Media and Visual Arts, Indian American Mehta, Zubin Mexican-Indian Marriages Mukherjee, Bharati Newsstands, Indian Pandit, Sakharam Ganesh Political and Social Empowerment, Indian American Press, Indian American Punjabi Americans Ramakrishna Mission Religion, Indian American Restaurants and Cuisine, Indian American San Francisco Radical Club Saund, Dalip Singh Seattle Exclusion League Self-Realization Fellowship Shridharani, Krishnalal Singh, Jawala Subba Row, Yellapragada Theosophical Society United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923) Watumull Foundation Women, Indian American Yuba City, California The Indonesian American Experience: History and Culture The Japanese American Experience: History and Culture Acculturation and the Japanese American Community Agriculture, Japanese Americans in Anti-Japanese Movement Arai, Clarence Takeya Asiatic Exclusion League Buddhist Churches of America Business and Entrepreneurship, Japanese American Civil Liberties Act (1988) Collins, Wayne M. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Coram Nobis Cases (1943, 1944) Day of Remembrance Diaspora, Japanese Draft Resistance, World War II Education, Japanese American Emigration Companies Ex parte Endo (1944) Executive Order 9066 (1942) Exile and Incarceration: Japanese Americans in World War II Family Life, Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team Furuya, Masajiro Gentlemen's Agreement (1907-1908) Hawaii Seven Hayakawa, S.I. Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee Heco, Joseph Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) Hood River Incident Ichihashi, Yamato Ichioka, Yuji Inouye, Daniel K. Interracial Dating and Marriage, Japanese American Inu (Informants) Irwin, Robert Walker Issei Japan Bashing Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act (1948) Japanese American National Museum Japanese Associations Japanese Language Schools Japanese-Mexican Labor Association Japanese Peruvians Kibei Kitano, Harry H.L. Koda, Keisaburo Korematsu v. United States (1944) Labor and Employment, Japanese American Literature, Japanese American Little Tokyo Manzanar Incident Martial Arts, Japanese Masaoka, Mike Masaru Matsunaga, Spark McClatchy, V.S. Midori Mineta, Norman Mink, Patsy Takemoto Myer, Dillon S. National Japanese American Student Relocation Council Native Sons of the Golden West Nisei Noguchi, Isamu Okubo, Miné Omura, James Matsumoto Ozawa, Seiji Picture Brides Press, Japanese American Redress Movement Religion, Japanese American Resettlement, Post—World War II Incarceration Restaurants and Cuisine, Japanese American Satow, Masao "Schoolboy"/"Schoolgirl" Seabrook Farms Settlements, Japanese American Shikata Ga Nai Shima, George Slocum, Tokutaro "Tokie" Takao Ozawa v. United States (1922) Tokyo Rose (Ikuko "Iva" Toguri) Tolan Committee Uchida, Yoshiko Uno, Edison Tomimaro War Relocation Authority Weglyn, Michi Nishiura Yamaguchi, Kristi Yasui v. United States (1943) The Korean American Experience: History and Culture Association of Korean Political Studies Business and Entrepreneurship, Korean American Chang, Sarah Cho, Margaret Community Organizations, Korean American Koreagate Korean American Coalition Korean National Association Koreatown (Los Angeles) Lee, Sammy Literature, Korean American Los Angeles Riots Moon, Sun Myung Paik, Nam June Religion, Korean American Students, Korean American Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1882) War Brides, Korean Women, Korean American The Laotian and Hmong American Experience: History and Culture Community Organizations, Hmong American Political and Social Empowerment, Hmong American Religion, Hmong American Religion, Laotian American Women, Hmong American The Malaysian American Experience: History and Culture The Mongolian American Experience: History and Culture The Nepalese American Experience: History and Culture The Pacific Islander American Experience: History and Culture Chamorros Hapa Hawaiians Samoan Americans Tongans The Pakistani American Experience: History and Culture Pakistan League of America Religion, Pakistani American The Singaporean American Experience: History and Culture The Sri Lankan American Experience: History and Culture The Taiwanese American Experience: History and Culture Business and Entrepreneurship, Taiwanese American Coordination Council for North American Affairs Demographics, Taiwanese American Ho, David Hsi Lai Temple Lee, Ang Lee, Yuan-Tseh Lee (Wen Ho) Case Parachute Kids Political Empowerment, Taiwanese American Students, Taiwanese American Taiwan Independence Movement Yang, Jerry The Thai American Experience: History and Culture Bunker, Chang and Eng Woods, Tiger The Tibetan American Experience: History and Culture The Vietnamese American Experience: History and Culture "Boat People" Bui, Tony Business and Entrepreneurship, Vietnamese American Lam, Tony Literature, Vietnamese American Little Saigon (Orange County, California) Politics and Political Empowerment, Vietnamese American Refugee Act (1980) Religion, Vietnamese American Women, Vietnamese American Chronology Bibliography Index